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PRICE $33.50 It will pay you to send for our Catalogue No. 6, quoting prices on Buggies, Harness, etc. We sell direct from our Factory to Consumers at Factory Prices. This guaranteed Buggy only $38.50; Cash or Easy Monthly Payments. We trust honest people located in all parts of the world. Write for Free Catalogue. MENTION THIS PAPER. CENTURY MF'G CO. DEP'T 910, East St. Louis, IL. $1.00 Per Year in Advance. A Black Man's Wisdom. Booker T. Washington is known the length and breadth of this land as one of the greatest leaders of the negro race. He is more than this, however. He deserves to be numbered among the leaders of the entire people, white and black. His speech at Louisville, Ky., recently is sufficient proof. Could better advice and more telling reproof be combined in more temperate words than these which he addressed to his race mates: "Let nothing induce us to descend to the level of the mob." There are white men of pretensions to leadership in every state in this Union who must stand shame-faced before these words. He drew two lessons from the recent lynchings—one for the blacks, the other for the whites. To the blacks he said: "We would see to it that no effort be spared to impress upon our own people that idleness and crime should cease." To the whites: "Both in the making and in the execution the same law should be made to apply to the negro as to the white man." The first of the precepts will require a long and hard, but by no means hopeless struggle before it's aim is realized. The second, in this land of the Declaration of Independence, of the Constitutional Bill of Rights and of the Proclamation of Emancipation, should be no sooner uttered than fulfilled. He who ranges himself in spirit or in deed against these precepts does so to the peril of his nation. —Chicago Record Herald. Pasture For horse or cow within city limits, plenty of water, bluegrass, and shade trees. Apply to R. L. LOGAN, Columbia, Mo. Fasted Twenty-Eight Days. ARMSTRONG, Mo., July 31. William Sorrel, who for ten years has been an inmate of the Randolph county infirmary, has passed twenty-eight days of a long fast, and during this time has eaten nothing and lives principally on water. Sorrel is mentally afflicted and will allow no one to give him food. Some few months ago Sorrel lived for twenty-six days without food and many times since that time has refused food for a period of ten days. He is a man of compact build, but these voluntary fasts are reducing his flesh and strength. Sorrel is now about 50 years of age. One Minute Cough Cure For Coughs, Colds and Croup. COLUMBIA AND JEFFERSON CITY, MISSOURI, FRIDAY AUGUST 7, 1903. ATTENTION FARMERS! To The Farmers of Missouri and Adjoining States. The time approaches' for the second Annual Meeting of the Farmers Institute and we take this opportunity to remind the farmers, farmers wives and daughters, and the officers of the Convention of this coming event, and to ask them to redouble their energies in striving to make a movement so auspiciously begun, a permanent tribute to the business enterprise of the Great Middle West with her fertile acres and manifold natural resources. We urge the organizers appointed last November to see to it that Farmers' Institutes are organized in their respective localities and that as large delegations as possible come up from the different districts to the second annual Convention which will be held Saturday, November 7, 1903. We urge the farmers to save some of the best products of the soil to bring along as specimens of what they are capable of producing; and further that if possible they bring their wives and daughters, that the benefit of scientific farming and advanced methods in various lines of farm work, as in poultry raising, dairying, bee culture, etc., may be open to and discussed by all, and from all points of view. Very cordially submitted. CASTORIA. Bear the Signature of The Kind You Have Always Seen Chat Hutchins Deafness Cannot be Cured by local applications as they cannot reach the diseased portion of the ear. There is only one way to cure deafness, and that is by constitutional remedies. Deafness is caused by an inflamed condition of the mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When this tube is inflamed you have a rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and when it is entirely closed, Deafness is the result, and unless the inflammation can be taken out and this tube restored to its normal condition, hearing will be destroyed forever; nine cases out of ten are caused by Catarrh, which is nothing but an inflamed condition on the mucous services. We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness caused by catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free. F. J. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, O. Sold by Druggists, 75. Hall's Family Pills are the best. Mrs. Phyllis Warren Dead. Died, very suddenly, at her home on West Morgan street, Mrs. Phyllis Warren, who, only a short while previous had been over on east Pettis street to see her eldest daughter, Mrs. Dinah Harris. On her return, she was making carpet rags for a neighbor and had gone to the wood shed for wood. Her daughter, Miss Carrie alarmed, at the long delay of her mother, went in quest of her. She was found lying within the wood shed in an unconscious condition. Calling for help, she, assisted by others bore her mother to the house. She soon expired without uttering an intelligible thought. Mrs. Phyllis Warren was born in Columbia, Boone Co., Mo., about the year of '35 and as near as can be ascertained she was about 68 years of age at the time of her death. Columbia had been her home from early childhood until last fall when she moved to Sedalia. She was the mother of eight children, two of whom, Mrs. Dinah Harris and Mrs. Carrie Warren, survive her. In her christian work she was a devoted and useful member of the Missionary Baptist church for more than 13 years. The conservator joins the bereaved relatives and many friends in words of condolence, and would say that beyond the borders of this changeable life, there lieth a region where sickness nor death can never separate us from our loved ones, no never.—The Sedalia Conservator. TO WED IN A WAREHOUSE. A novel bridal hall has been chosen by Miss Hannah Slupsky, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Slupsky, of St. Louis, and Isaac Lenet of New York, who will be married August 16. The young couple concluded that Miss Slupsky's home was not large enough to accommodate all their friends, so they decided to have the wedding in Slupsky's warehouse. Eight hundred invitations have been issued to the wedding. The couple will go to Europe for a two months' trip on their honeymoon. Rooster Kills Child With Its Spurs. RAMONA, I. T., July 31.—A two year old child of Lee Montgomery, an Osage farmer, was killed by a Plymouth Rock rooster. The child was throwing sticks and pebbles at the bird, which suddenly flew at its baby tormenter and drove its spurs deep into the baby's head neck, and back. The parents rescued the child and started immediately to Cleveland for medical assistance, but before they reached town the baby was dead from its wounds. CASTORIA. Bears the Signature of The Kind You Have Always Bought The Making of Man. Flame of the spirit and dust of the earth— This is the making of man; This is his problem of birth— Born to all holiness, born to all crime, Heir of both worlds, on the long slope of Time Climbing the path of God's plan; Dust of the earth in his error and fear, Weakness and malice and lust, Yet, quivering up from the dust. Flame of the spirit, unleaping and clear. Yearning to God since from God in its birth— This is man's portion, to shape as he can; Flame of the spirit and dust of the earth— This is the making of man. —Priscilla Leonard in Outlook. HEADLESS RATTLE. Will Always Strike if the Tail is Pinched. "I suppose you know," said a scientist to the Philadelphia Record, "that Dr. S. Wier Mitchell has studied the rattlesnake almost exhaustively. Dr. Mitchell has proved, among other things, that mechanism which controls the act of striking in the rattlesnake lies in the spinal cord. "Once in Dr. Mitchell's laboratory a snake's head was cut off, and then a little Irishman, the physician's assistant, pinched its tail. Instantly the bloody neck stump darted back like lightning and it struck the Irishman's hand a hard blow. This action has often been attributed to the beheaded rattlesnake, but usually with a skeptical sueer. Prof. Brewer, of Yale, claimed that, years ago, he was in California and had his tripod and other instruments of surveying in the field. Stepping along in the bushes he felt a movement under his feet, and found that he was standing on a four-and-a-half foot rattlesnake, a large, vicious and fighting fellow. But the snake was so pinioned that he could not strike the thick boot that held him fast. "Prof. Brewer held the rattler's head down with his tripod and cut it off. Then he cut off the rattles. Stepping aside, he saw the body of the snake, partly coiled, lying very still. Taking out his rule to measure its length, the professor took hold of the serpent to straighten it out. "Quick as an electric shock," said Prof. Brewer afterward, 'that headless snake brought the bloody stump over and struck a hard blow on the back of my hand.' He added: 'I knew that his head was cut, and that he could not poison me, but that quick and hard blow of the rattler made my hair stand on end.' Indictments at Washington. WASHINGTON, July 31.—Seven new bills were presented by the federal grandjury here to-day, accusing eight men and one woman of conspiring to defraud the post-office department, or of acting as agents in offering bribes to government officials. Machen occupies the most notorious position in these new indictments, four of them naming him as the principal in the new conspiracy disclosed. Mr. and Mrs. Lorenz, who figured in a former indictment, in which Machen was named are again involved in. So, also, is McGregor, the former rural free delivery clerk, who was indicted several weeks ago with Machen on a charge of bribery. The complete list of those indicted to day is as follows: August W. Machen, formerly general superintendent of free delivery; John T. Cupper, mayor of Lock Haven, Pa.; William C. Long, of Washington; William Gordon Crawford, of Washington; George E. Lorenz and Martha J. Lorenz, his wife, of Toledo, Ohio; Maurice Unkel, of New York City; Thomas W. McGregor, formerly chief of the supply division of the rural free delivery service, and Leopold J. Stern, of Baltimore. WHAT THERE'S TIME FOR. Lots of time for lots of things, Though it's said that time has wings; There is always time to find Ways of being sweet and kind; There is always time to share Smiles and goodness everywhere; Time to send the frowns away, Time a gentle word to say, Time for helpfulness and time To assist the weak to climb; Time to give a little flower, Time for friendship any hour, But there is no time to spare For unkindness anywhere. Report of Committee on Resolutions—Summer School, Lincoln Institute, Jefferson City, Mo. We, your committee on resolutions, beg leave to submit the following report: Where we, the teachers attending the summer school at Lincoln Institute, Jefferson City, Mo., having spent profitably and with pleasure the term of six weeks, do hereby offer the following resolutions: Be it resolved that we extend our sincere thanks to the faculty of the summer school, Pres. B. F. Allen, Prof. J. S. Moten, Prof. J. S. Yates and Prof. Murry for their kind and arduous labor in our behalf. Be it further resolved, that we extend our gratitude to the Board of Regents, for providing teachers for the summer school and allowing us the use of the library, laboratory, dormitories, etc. Resolved that each teacher pledge himself to do all that he can, conscientiously for Lincoln Institute and the summer school. Be it further resolved, that we extend our sincere thanks, to our many friends, both in the city and on the Institute campus, who have rendered us valuable assistance and encouraged us in our Saturday evening programs, with their talent and presence. Resolved that we express our obligations to the press at large, for their generous notices of the summer school. Resolved further, that we, the teachers attending the summer school in order to form a more efficient staff of teachers, for the schools of Missouri, in order to reap again the benefit derived from our attendance here, do hereby unanimously resolve that we attend the session of 1904. Respectfully submitted. Chairman, PROF. I. J. HICKS, Sec'y. LIZZIE B. MUSE, RUTH B. DAVIS, CHAS. B. JOHNSON, R. H. PAYNE, EMMA V. PARKER, Committee. An Excellent Session. The grand session of the International Order of Twelve closed last Friday to meet in St. Charles next year. The meeting was largely attended and the delegates deported themselves nicely while in Columbia. A grand procession was formed on Broadway at 12 o'clock and headed by the Columbia band it moved to the fair grounds where a picnic was had during; the afternoon, and the officers elect were installed. A competitive drill was had at Orears Hall, Friday evening, three companies, participating as follows: St. Louis company, St. Joseph company, Kansas City company. The St. Louis company was awar ded the 1st prize. All the companies did excellently. "THE VOTING CONTEST. VOL. 11. NO. 40 ROBNETT BROS. Grocery Store A full line of fresh Groceries. Cash paid for produce. Prompt deliveries. OUR CASH PLAN Their Credit Plan They charge for cost of goods and profit, also expense of bookkeepers, interest and accounts and time. No.2, W. Allen Street, COLUMBIA. MISSOURI. For Sale! A Ffne LYON & HEALY ORGAN good as new. Cost $300 can be bought at a Bargain. Call on or address R. L. LOGAN, COLUMBIA - - - - MISSOURI. Nifong Manufacturing Co., DISTILLED WATER ICE, standard for QUALITY, SERVICE AND PRICE. 'Phone 16. Regular Morning and Special Deliveries 365 days in the year. COLUMBIA - - - - MISSOURI. MRS. EDNA WATTS HARDIN FACE MASSAGING, SHAMPOOING, HAIR DRESSING. Nursing a Specialty. 609 Lafayette St., Jefferson City, Mo. O. J. BROOKS, ARTIST PORTRAITS IN OIL FROM LIFE. PASTELS, CRAYONS. Studio 1512, North 5th Street, KANSAS CITY. - - - KANSAS. For Sale. A light run-a-bout buggy in good condition, will sell at a bargain. Call on or address, R. L. LOGAN, Columbia, Mo. being names of ladies as entries in the test. Others will appear next week. her's subscription or renews their sub- votes. Columbia, Mo. Ashland, Mo. Columbia, Mo. test number of votes will be awarded both dress pattern. and fill out properly. votes RUPUS L. LOGAN, Editor Columbia - - - - Missouri BRUTE STABS HIS WIFE Chicago, Aug. 5.—Bleeding from a dozen knife thrusts, her features battered almost beyond recognition and the last vestige of clothing torn from her body, Miss Elma Peterson of this city was discovered early yesterday morning lying in a watering trough near the Roby race track by Frank Gaynor and Edward Gray, of Whiting, Ind. In her half-conscious moments the woman told the police of Hammond, Ind., that the man she claimed as her husband had murdered their 2-weeks-old baby and then tried to kill her during a drunken frenzy. CALLS THEM ANARCHISTS Governor Yates Speaks Bittery of Belleville and Danville Mobs. Springfield, Ill., Aug. 5.—The men who composed the mobs which attacked the jails at Belleville and Dauville and who in the former city took out a defenseless negro who was a prisoner there and hanged him and who at Dauville made a similar attempt and who did capture and then hang and burn a defenseless negro who had killed another man are nothing but anarchists," declared Governor Yates in an address sto the Seventh infantry, national guard now in camp of instruction at Camp Lincoln. BRAKEMAN'S FUNERAL Last Services Held for Man Killed in Railway Accident Sunday. Iowa Falls, Ia., Aug. 5.—The remains of Brakeman Holloway, who was killed at Cedar Falls Sunday by falling under his train, were brought here yesterday for interment in Union cemetery. He was a brother of Charles B. Holloway of this city, who was killed some months ago by a similar accident in Minnesota. The family home is in Cedar Rapids and while here attending the funeral of Charles Holloway the family purchased a cemetery lot adjoining that of the brother and had just been given a deed to the lot. SHOOT AT AMERICAN FLAG Offense Taken Because Flag is Placed Above Union Jack. Belleville, Ont. Aug. 5.—The Canadian steamer Varuna went into Trenton harbor flying two flags, the union jack at the stern and the stars and stripes on the main flagstaff, which reaches high above the wheelhouse. A gang of young men on the wharf protested against the United States flag having a higher position than the union jack. One of them secured a rifle and fired several shots at the flagstaff on which the United States flag flew, and then the offending emblem was hauled down. SAYS MOBS ARE DUE TO WAR Chicago, Aug. 5.—"War breeds lawlessness. In the last twenty-five years there have been 1,500 lynchings in the United States. No other country in the world which poses as civilized would tolerate such affairs. There has been too much of the glory and not enough of the horrors of war taught in the public schools." By Professor Edwin E. Sparks declaring this in the course of a lecture at the University of Chicago yesterday left little doubt in the minds of his hearers that he believes the present epidemic of mob violence in a large measure to be the aftermath of the conflicts in Cuba and the Philippines. TROUBLE IN CUBA Havana, Aug. 4. — Gen. Rodriguez commander in chief of the rural guard, has ordered the mobilization of all guards in eastern Cuba and the governor of Santiago province has been instructed to enlist volunteers to co-operate with the troops to end the uprisings in Santiago province. Since Sunday sixty armed mounted men under the leadership of a man named Pupo, have been proclaiming revolution and demanding the payment of former members of the revolutionary army in the villages of the Citana river districta. No acts of violence have been reported but the inhabitants of the region are greatly excited. DIED OF MALARIA FEVER Result of Autopey Over Body of Late Sailor. New York, Aug 5.—The coroners physicians, Partung, stated today in his report on the autopey held on the remains of Almo Smith, late sailor on the steamship Havana, that the cause of his death was malaria fever as reported. RAILROADS ARE VICTORIOUS Win Out in Suit Brought By State of Minnesota GOV. VAN SANT GIVES VIEWS Says the Fight Will be Continued and that the State Laws will be Vigorously Upheld St. Paul, Aug. 5.—Judge Lochren in the United States district court today decided the case of the state of Minnesota against the Northern Securities company in favor of the Securities Co. Lochren in dismissing the bill of complaint of the state finds that the company has not violated the state laws forbidding the consolidation of parallel and competing lines of railway, through its ownership of stock in the Great Northern and the Northern Pacific roads. He refuses the injunction asked by the state to restrain the Securities company from voting the stock for the railroads. The decision does not affect the rules of the federal government's victory in the circuit court in any way, although involving the same defendants but is based on a totally different contention of law. The federal suit in which the company was beaten was a prosecution for violation of the Sherman anti-trust law. Still suit in which the company wins is based on the allegation that the defendants violated the state act forbidding the consolidation of parallel roads. An appeal to the supreme court is now pending in the federal court. Gov. Van Sant's Opinion. Governor Van Sant said he was not discouraged by the decision of Judge Lochren in the Northern Securities company's case today. He said that the case will be appealed. The governor said: "The fight is going to continue until our laws are vindicated and upheld, till it is conclusively shown by indication, that results can not be accomplished which our laws were intended to prevent; that creations of another state cannot be used to accomplish here that which is against the declared policy of this state; that competition shall not be smothered; that it shall be open, active and potential; that the dummies shall not be directors, officers and agents to so operate the railroads of Minnesota that our laws shall be nullified and rendered ineffective." Effect on the United States Case. Washington, Aug. 5.—Mr. Day, assistant to the attorney general, was asked what effect the decision of Judge Lochran in the suit of the State of Minnesota against the Northern Securities company would have on the case of the United States against this company and he replied: "It can have no effect whatever. The case of the United States against the Securities companies was brought under the "Sherman Anti-Trust law, charging violation of its provisions, and it was decided by four United States circuit judges in a unanimous opinion, that the Northern Securities company was a conspiracy in restraint of interstate commerce and therefore unlawful. This case was not brought under the Sherman Anti-Trust law or any other federal statute. It is a suit of the State of Minnesota for alleged violation of its constitution and laws and the decision of Judge Lochran in such a case could in no event affect the result reached by the four circuit judges in the former case." New York, Aug. 5.—The decision in favor of the Northern Securities company caused a four point jump in that stock but the general market is indifferent. MAY BE GENERAL LOCKOUT Building Trades of Pittsburgh Threatened with a Tie-up. Pittsburg, Aug. 5. A threatened order for a general lockout of the building trades was issued today by the Builders Exchange League. It is believed it will take away employment from 25,000 men. League officers say they will consent to no conference with the building trades council with whom the men locked out are affiliated until the striking hoisting engineers who started the trouble, return to work. NEGRO TAILOR IS MURDERED Quarrels with White Man Over Suit of Clothes and Shoots Him. Larned, Ken, Aug 5—R. B. Williams, a negro tailor, shot and killed Clyde Langdon, a white man tonight, following a quarrel over a suit of clothes. A mob went to the jail for the purpose of lynching the negro but the sheriff had taken the prisoner away on an east-bound train. KEARSARGE MAKES RECORD Bar Harbor, Me., (Special)—With a great wave under its bow and a black cloud of smoke pouring from its two funnels, the battleship Kearsarge steamed into the harbor yesterday afternoon, ending the most remarkable passage ever made across the ocean by a battleship and establishing a record from England to this country for that class of ship. Leaving The Needles at 1:25 p. m. on Friday, July 17, the Kearsage arrived at Mount Desertet rock yesterday at 12:30 p. m., covering the distance of slightly less than 3,000 miles in nine days four and one-quarter hours, when the difference in time is taken into consideration. This performance makes the Kearsarge a worthy compeer to the Oregon, which withstood the hardest test to which such a vessel ever was subjected on its world-famous trip of 14,000 miles from San Francisco to Santiago. Finished in Trim. Finishes in Fighting Trim. The trip of the Kearsarge has demonstrated that a ship of its class can maintain an average speed of over thirteen knots on a long voyage without injury to its machinery; that its coal carrying capacity is adequate for a trip of 4,000 miles under full speed; that in time of war ships of this class can cross the ocean an engage an enemy at once; and that the Kearsarge is one of the most perfect ships in the world, and fully equal to any emergency. Harrowing Ride in Gale. The highest speed produced was fifteen knots, when the vessel was in midocean. The lowest was ten knots, when it was slowed down in a gale and tremendous head sea. It ran under reduced speed for several hours, but as soon as the gale abated it was again "hooked up" and at once ran up to thirteen knots and better. July 19, when the gale struck, Captain Hemphill kept the ship going at top speed until the walls of water came over the high superposed forward turret and the vessel dipped the stern until the water stood knee deep at times on the quarter deck. At 7 a. m. July 2, the gale abated, though a high head sea held on for the rest of the day. At 6 p. m., July 24, a berg was passed about a mile away on the port side. Fog remained dense from July 24 until the ship picked up the whistle on Mount Desert rock. The ship has steamed more than 8,000 miles since leaving New York June 9. STRIKING AT MABCONI A German Company Says Wireless Messages May be Intercepted. (Berlin special.)—The German Wireless Telegraph company, which was recently organized through the amalgamation of the Elaby and Braun systems, has issued a statement regarding Signor Marconi's utterances on the possibility of the German company intercepting Marconi messages in England Marconi's opinion that sunch interception can only occur if the German company's stations are erected in England is, it is declared, erroneous. The German company says all that is necessary is to erect a strong station on the shores of the Baltic or the North Sea, attune its receiving wires to Marconi's station at Poldhu, Cornwall, and it would be impossible for Marconi to receive transatlantic messages. The statement concludes: "Such procedure for fighting the world monopoly aimed at by Marcell could hardly be called 'chicanery', but more properly self-defense." STRUCK IT IN A WELL Indiana Diggors Find Gold in Sand and Start a Stampede. (Indianapolis special.)—Frank Renner, a well digger, went to the farm of Samuel Bowman near Taylorville to dig a well. They struck water at a depth of about 12 feet and pumped some of it out. With the water came a black sand. A heavy sediment was found in this sand, which soon settled to the bottom. In the sand were many glittering particles which the two men claim to be gold. Several buckets of the water and sand were brought to the surface, and each time the supply of gold panned out more plentifully. The news was not long in spreading to the neighbors, and before long a large crowd had gathered to see and hear of the wonders of the new found gold field. The well where the gold is found is half a mile from Driftwood, a branch of White river, and in a direct line with the Brown county veins. MUST TEAR DOWN FENCES Government Orders Their Removal in Cheyenne County, Kas. Toppea Kas., Aug. 5.—On orders from the department of justice at Washington, United States Attorney Dean has directed C. P. Dewey, the ranchman of Cheyenne county war fame to tear down eleven miles of fence which partially encloses thirteen sections of government land. MEETS AWFUL PUNISMENT Chinese Journalist Accorde d Terrible Death FOREIGNERS WILL BE BARRED Russia will Prohibit then From Man Manchuria at Present and Will Open Country Later Pekin, Aug. 5.—A journalist of this city named Shen Chien was executed here yesterday. According to an official report on the execution Chen was beheaded, but it became known tonight that this report was false, that the condemned man was beaten to death in accordance with special instructions from the Dowager Empress, who desired to make an example of the journalist with which to terrify other reformers. The incident is declared to be the most horrible that has occurred in China since the massacre of 1900. The victim was beaten with bamboo rods for two hours, the flesh of his back, arms and legs being torn to ribbons. After life had apparently become extinct, the executioners, fearing Chien had merely fainted and might revive, twisted a rope tightly around his neck and left the body in this condition until morning. Chien had many friends among the foreign residents who describe him as an educated, high-minded gentlemen. The affair created intense feeling in the foreign community and a strong sentiment against surrendering the Shanghai reformers. Chinese jurisdiction. Foreigners Barred from Manchuria Berlin, Aug. 5.—St. Petersburg despatch says that Russian authorities are reported to have notified the government at Pekin that Russia will prohibit foreigners from staying in Manchuria at present, but that six years hence, when Russia has restored order in Manchuria the country will be opened to foreigners for free commerce. Pekin, Aug. 5. — Advices from Port Arthur say that the Russian government has appropriated six and a half million dollars for additional fortifications and that when completed there will be a continuous line of fortifications from Port Arthur to Dalny, 36 miles along the coast. Pekin-journalist named Shen Chin was beheaded today for organizing a rebellion at Hankow in 1900. SPINDLES IDLE IN NEW ENGLAND Boston, Mass., Aug. 5. — In cotton manufacturing circles in this city it is expected that more than two million spindles will be late throughout the north during the month of August, due mainly to high prices in the cotton market and the hesitancy of purchasers of goods to agree to any marked advance while any raw material purchased before the rise remains in the storehouse. Attempts have been made to induce all common manufacturers to enter a general agreement to shut down for a stated period on certain days of each week but owing to a large number of unfinished contracts an iron-clad agreement is deemed inexpedient at this time. The conditions in the cotton market have caused much inconvenience in the Fall River, the textile center of North America. About one-third, 30,000 operatives there have been idle this week and of 3,000,000 spindles 700,000 will not be working next week. The mills in several New England textile cities will shut down for two weeks. There is a confident feeling in some cotton mill circles that after September a well advanced general improvement in the market conditions will occur. PULL DOWN FAMOUS HOUSE London Historic Home of Genius, the Albany, is Doomed. London, Aug. 5.—American tourists soon will look in vain for the Albany, the famous building just off Piscadell, which in its time has housed so many goodnees. It is about to be pulled down and with it will perish a most interesting part of "Literary London." FIGHT IN ALGERIA Moors Attack French Force and the Loss Is Heavy. Algiers, Algeria, Aug. 5.—A body of 500 Moors of the Beraber tribe recently attacked a French force of fifty, and a brisk fight followed. The Berabere lost heavily but they killed ten sharpshooters and two French corporals and carried off all the camels. AFTER THE POLICY MEN The Grand Jury Indicts Twenty-Six of the Policy Writers—There Are Twelve Hundred Shops in the Big City—Profits of the Trade. (Chicago special.)—An initial move in a determined crusade against policy playing in Chicago, the Citizens' association yesterday secured the indictment by the grand jury of 26 policy writers. After the Indictments were voted the association issued a statement, in which it told of its determination to rout out this "kindergarten of the gambling mania." "Both the chief of police and the mayor," says the association's bulletin, "have been repeatedly quoted as declaring that if a way can be shown to prosecute policy cases the police would do their utmost to stamp out the evil. With a view of showing that this class of criminals is not superior to the law, and that they can be convicted in the courts when attacked in good faith, we have obtained the evidence against them with care and thoroughness." Secretary Shelby M. Singleton of the association said that the evidence secured is complete and covered the points in which the previous prosecutions had been weak. The defendants are in charge of "shops" in almost every part of the city and are about equally divided in the matter of color. The association had 40 cases prepared, but in 14 of these the detectives were able only to secure either the first or the last name of the writer, and the grand jury declined to indict, except where the identity of the defendant was clearly shown. In each case detectives of the association bought "tickets" in the morning, and in the afternoon, after the drawings had been made, went to the places and confiscated the "sheets," thus showing the several features of the lottery with which the defendants are charged with being connected. The names of the defendants were suppressed until after the indictments have been drawn and the caplases issued, for fear that some of the persons might leave to escape arrest. The magnitude of the policy evil is shown by the following figures secured and compiled by the association: No. of policy shops in city.. 1,200 Daily receipts ..... $ 18,000 Daily net profits ..... 6,000 Annual receipts ..... 5,580,000 Annual net profits ..... 1,860,000 NEW GUNS ORDERED Ordnance Bureau Decides to Construct Thirty-Two. Washington, D. C., Aug. 5. — The ordnance bureau of the war department today awarded the contract for fifteen disappearing gun carriages to the Baltimore firm at $10,871 each and five disappearing gun carriages to a Mansfield, O., company at $10,250 each. The ordnance bureau under a decision reached in setting apart additional funds for field artillery for the militia has decided to construct thirty-two guns. The guns will be built by the Watervill arsenal and the carriages at the Rock Island arsenal. ASK FOR RECEIVER Charges Made Against President of Pacific, Oxford and Northern R. R. Pontiac, Mich.. Aug. 5. — A bill of complaint was filed in the circuit court here today by attorneys representing New York stockholders asking that a receiver be appointed for the Pontiac, Oxford and Northern railroad, running from Pontiac north to Saginaw Bay. The bill makes sensational charges against President Hugh Ported of New York, alleging that he has manipulated the finances of the road until he holds $400,000 that ought to be turned into the treasury and also that his salary of $12,000 is entirely out of proportion to the duties he performs. TUSK OF MAMMOTH FOUND Huge Relic of Prehistoric Times Taken From Alaska Mine. Pond du Lac., Wis., Aug. 5.—The tusk of a mammoth has been received there from the mines of W. H. Plank in Alaska. The tusk is 12 feet 8 inches long and weighs over 300 pounds. It is in a good state of preservation. DROVE WOMAN CRAZY Wife of Danville Negro Killed by a Train Tuesday Night. Evansville, Ind., Aug. 4. — As a result of the recent rioting here, the wife of Robert Lee, the negro who shot and killed Louis Massey, a police officer, lost her mind and was killed by a train while crossing a railroad bridge near Madison Ky. THREE KILLED IN WRECK Freight Train on Wabash Jumps the Track HAPPEN IN ROUNDING CURVE Engine Strikes a Cow and Leaves Track with Half a Dozen Cars One Man Missing Council Bluffs, Ia. Aug. 5. — Three men are killed, another is missing and a fifth is dangerously hurt as the result of a freight wreck on the Wabash railroad at Poney Creek crossing, seventeen miles south of city this evening. The dead: FIREMAN CARTER, Standbury, Mo., pinned between boiler head of engine and tender. BRAKEMAN MOORE, Red Oak, Ia., riding on engine, crushed to death. UNKNOWN TRAMP, died at the hospital. The missing—Unknown tramp. The injured—Conductor Collier, two brakemen and a tramp named Harris. The wrecked train was a northbound local freight from Stanbury, Mo. While rounding a sharp curve at Pony Creek, the engine struck a cow and was derailed, together with half a dozen freight cars, all of which were demolished. RECEIVE REPORTS OF FIGHT Between Sheriff's Posse and Escaped Convicts in California. Placerville, Calif., Aug. 5.—Messengers just reached here report that a fight took place this afternoon between the sheriffs' posse and Placerville militia and the escaped convicts. Three of the sheriffs' posse are killed and two of the convicts are thought to have been wounded. It is stated that preparation is being made to set fire to the Grand Victory mine in which the convicts have taken refuge. Dallas Bosquit, son of the sheriff, is said to be among the slain. Militiamen Dill was shot through the body and is not expected to recover. A good deal of anxiety prevails here concerning the soldiers. It is known that six of them went into the brush after the convicts and the only trace of them was the wounded man Dill, who was unable to give any clue concerning his companions. Additional forces are being hurried to Grand Victory Mine tonight and if the second battle is not fought tonight, the pursuers will be in a strong position tomorrow to give the convicts a fight. WIN TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP Miss Myrtle McAleer of Pittsburgh Wins Third Successive Victory. Chicago, Ill., Aug. 5.—The western championship in women tennis singles and doubles and in men's doubles were all settled today. Collins and Waidner of Chicago were the victors in the men's event and will meet for the national championship at Newport Aug. 15th. Miss Myrtle McAleer of Pittsburgh won her third successive victory in the woman's singles and Miss Carrie Needly of Chicago and Miss Win Closterman of Cincinnati carried off the double honors from Misses Edith Parker and Loise Pound. All the winners held their titles last year. WILL HAVE CONFERENCE State Committee Will Meet With Prominent Republicans. Des Molnes, Aug. 5.—The republican state committee decided that a conference would be held with prominent republicans of the state about ahe first of September and these will include members of congress and senators. The candidates on the state ticket will be present and there will be a general discussion of the work that will be done. BIG EXODUS OF JEWS Bucharest, Aug. 5.—Lack of work in Roumba is causing a renewed exodus on a large scale of Jewish workmen to America. The emigrants are assisted by foreign Jewish societies. FUSE WITH SOCIALISTS Radical Uionists of Germany Will Join Growing Party. Berlin, Aug. 4.—A proposal is on foot to amalgamate the national socialist party and the radical union and it is said that a national-socialist congress, which will meet at Goettingen, Aug 29 and 30, undoubtedly will agree to the amalgamation. An Arkansas Planter ae” By OPIE READ ee. iw Hi See: 2 ie Stites ee rae: AUS ANT e oe a aera eee ai ane ye ean, es eae or Printed by-Permission and Copyright . Py 1896 by Rand, MeNally & Co. Chicago _A Few Suggestions for the Household CHAPTER IX (Continued). “Please don’t talk that way. Don't reproach me when I am in such need of—of friendship. One of these days you may know me better, but now you can regard me only ag a freak. Yes, Tam a freak.” “You are an angel,” “Mr. Taylor!” Again her head was high, and in her eyes was the same suggestion of a sharp squint, -e are, ys ah unl 4 os CPM. ig eget alike Heo ie a ee THE OIN “You didn’t tell me that I shouldn't think of you as I please.” “But I din’t tell you to speak what you might be pleased to think. ‘There, Carl is cating me, Good-bye.” CHAPTER X. Jim Taylor, too humane to tmpose the burden of his welght upon a horse always made his visits on foot, and this day white trudging homeward, he met Mrs, Cranceford. She had of late conceived so marked a sympathy for him, that her manner toward him was warmly gentle. Taylor stepped to the roadside and halted there as she drove up alone in a buggy. With a sorrowful reverence he took off his hat, and she smiled sympathetically; and the lazy old horse, appezring to understand it all, stopped of his own accord. “Good morning, Jim. Have you been over to the house?” “Yes, mam, Just left there.” “How Is he?” “So much better that I belive he's going to get well.” “You don't say so!) Why, | am—" she was about to say that she was de: lighted to hear it, but on the giant's face she thought she saw a deeper shadow lying, heard in his voice a softer mot of sorrow; and consider. ately she checked her intended utter: ance. Then they looked at each other and were ashamed, “He was up dressing himself when I left.” “You surprise me.” * “And he has surprised us all, ma'm. I don’t belleve he's got consumption; his cough has loft him, Why, he’s thinking of taking a place in a college over fn Alabama.” “He is? But I hope he won't take Louise so far from home, He shifted his position and sunk his hands deep into his pockets, “I guess ho thinks she can’t be so very far from home ag long as she ts with him,” But {t makes no difterenco what he thinks.” Mrs. Cranceford persisted, “He must not take her over there Why, I should think ho could find om: ployment here.” Jim looked far away, and she added: “Is your cotton turn ing out well?” “Pirstrate, and I want to sell ft a: soon as I can, I've got to go away.” "Go away!” sho repeated. “You don’t mean it?” “Yes, ma’m, I do If ho gets wel they won't have any more use for mé and I might as well go off somewhere and take @ fresh start; and besides T can't keep from showing that I lov« her, and no matter bow cool she might be toward mo ft cotfldn’t help but pain him, And there are people ix tis nelghborhood mean enough to talk | s A Few S ‘Tea stains on china wf quickly disappear if rubbed with damp salt or powdered whiting. A sewingmachine needle may be more easily threaded by @ person with falling sight {€ she piace behind {t piece of whitte paper. ‘Tie white back- groupd makes the eyo of the needle ‘much easter to see. a Pe a 7 ia = mS et Waa at M3. tt A Hi ay Wes fey (CPS NBL la # ¥) Yaw Pg Lea 3] iW p at se \ \ : ws dl ae | ee ae about it: No longer ago than yester- day that strapping Alf Joyner threw a hut of this sort, and although he meant it In fun, maybe, I snatched him off the fence where he was sitting, and walliped him in the road. No I can't keep from showing how much I think of her; there is so much of me,” he added, with a smile, “that I can’t be 2 hypererite all over at once.” At this she smiled, but her counte nance grew serious and she said: _ “Iam sorry you have been com. pelled to resent an insinuation.” She ‘gdthered up the lines, “Bilt perhaps you may imagine more than is intend ed. It is easy and alsq natural that you should.” Jim made no reply. She bowed t him, shook the lines, and the old horse moved on. Just before reaching a bend in the road, she looked back at him, How powerful was his bearing ‘how strong his stride; and with all his bignees he was not ungraceful, Everywhere, in the flelds, along the fences, lay Qctober’s wasteful ripo ness, but the sea was about to turn, for the bleak corner of November was in sight. = A sharp wind blew out of a cloud ‘that hung low over the river, and far away against =the darkening sky was a gray tri- angle traced, the flight of wild geese from the north. With the stiffening and the lagging of the breeze came lower and then louder the put fing of a cotton gin, Under a per simmon tree Jim Taylor halted, and with his a ee fence he stood dreamily looking across a field. Afar off the cotton pickers were bobbing between the rows, The seene was more dull than bright; to a stranger it would have been dreary, the dead level, the lone buzzard away over yonder, sailing above the tops of tho ragged trees; but for this man the view was overspread with a memory of childhood. He was meditating up- on leaving his home; he felt that his departure was demanded. And yet he knew that not elsewhere could ho find contentment, Amid such scenes he had been born and reared. He was like a deer—would rather feed upon the rough oak follage of a native for- est than to feast upon the rich grasses of a strango land. But he had made up his mind to go. He had heard of tho gharm of the hills, the valleys and tho streams in the northern part ot tho state, and once he had gone ‘thither to acquaint himself with that paradise, but in disappolntment he had come back, bringing the opinion that the peaple were cold and unconcerned in the comfort and the welfare of a stranger. So, with this experience fresh In his mind, ho was resolved not to resettle In his ewn commonwealth, but to go to a clty, though feeling his unfitness for urban’ life, But he thought, as eo many'mén aad women have been forced to think, that Nte tn @ crowd would Invite forgetfulness, that his slow broodings would find a switt flow into the tide that swallows the sad thoughts of men. A suddea noise tn tho road broke the web of hiv musing, and looking about, ho recognized Low, the Englishman. New stockings are made more dur able by being washed before they are worn, Tucked chiffon, when crumpled and shabby looking, may be easily ,fresh- ened up by passing a hot fron over the wrong side of the material. This wilt make the tucks have the raised ap- pearance they had when new. Between his teeth the Briton held his straight-stem pipe, and on his shoulder he carried a bath tub. “Moving?” Taylor asked. “Ah, good morning. No—not mov- ing, An outrage has been committed. During the night someone punched a hole in tho bottom of my bath, Don't know who could have done it; most extraordinary, I assure you. One of eve ee I warrant. Going this way? I shall be glad of your company. Ah, do you happen to know a tinker?” he asked, as together they walked along the road, “A what?” “A tinker to mend inp bath?” “Haven't any such thing about here, but T guess the blacksmith can mend your tub, Here, let me carry It for you a ways, You must be tired of it by this time.” He protested, but Taylor took the tub. “Thank you. You are very Kind , I'm sure, I would have sent tt, but these rascals are 60 untrustworthy. Ah, how long do you conjecture it would take one to make his fortune In this community?” “It depends more upon the man than the community,” Tayior answered, “1 now one that never could.” “And by Jove, I fancy I have a very intimate acquaintance with another. But I rather like it here, you know. 1 have plenty of room and no one ts much disposed to interfere with me except those rascally blacks, and upon my honor I believe they tried to ruin my bath. Don't you think you'd bet ter let me take it now?” “No; I'll carry it. Wouldn't have known I had it if you hadn't remind- ed me,” “You are very kind, I'm sure, Ah, by the way, a very singular man called on me yesterday. Mayo, I believe, 1s his name.” “Yes, we know him down here. Came very near getting a dose of rope once. He tries to be a Moses among the negroes, but Instead of leading them out of the wilderness he's going to lead them fato trouble.” “[ dare say as thuch, if they lsten to him. But he avers that he doesn’t ‘want an offico—wants only to sce that ‘the blacks get what they are entitled to.” “And about the first thing that will be done for him after he gets what he’s entitled to," Jim replied, “will be the sending of his measure to a coffin maker.” “I surmise as much, I assure you. 1 didn encourage him to prolong his visit; indeed, I told. him that I pre- ferred to be alone.” as) They turned out of the laye into a wood, crossed @ bayou, and pursuing thelr way a short distance further, ‘Taylor halted, and handing the Eng. lishman hfs tub, pointed to a path that crossed the road. “That will take you to the blacksmith shop,” he said. : “Ab, you are very kind," Low ro. plied, shouldering his treasure, He turned down the path, but after going a short distance stopped and faced about “I say, there!” he cried. “On, Taylor. Just a moment. I wouldn't mind having you over any evening, you know. ‘You are a devilish decent fellow” “AM rights you may look for me most any time. Take you out ‘possum huating some night.” Lew was now bumping himselt dows the path, and Taylor turned to pursue his way homeward, when onc. more the Kualishmen faced about and shouted: “You are very Kind, I'm sure, I shall be delighted.” Jum Taylor was master of a smal plantation amd sole tnhabltor of the house where he was born Ip the > Household = & ur) A good brass polish 1s easily made a0 |for lena than the manufactured art cla, Fut aa’ oynce each of powdered ind | rottenstone, soft sost and ammonia sb- | into a jug. Pour on a pint of boiling the | water and mix thoroughly, Bottle will] when ookd and keep’ tightly corked. ap- | Some people vary this recipe by ualng Jemon fulee instead of ammonta, garden, under a weeping-willow tree, were the graves of his parents and of his sister, a little girl recalled with emotion—at night when a high wind was blowing, for she had ever been afraid of a storm; and she died on a day when a flerce gale up the river blew down a cottonwood tree in the yard. She and Loulse were as ais- ters, At her grave the giant often sat, for she was @ timid little creature, afraid to be alone; and sometimes at night when the wind was hard, when € cutting sleet was driving, he would got out of his bed and stand under the tree to be near her. It was so fool- ishly sentimental of so strong a man that he would not have dared to tell anyone, but to the child in the grave he told his troubles. So, on this morn- Ing, when the wind was gathering its forces as it swept the fields, as the clouds were thickening far away among the whitish tops of the dead cypress trees, ho went straightway to the weeping-willow, passed the grave of his father, his mother, and sat down beside the stone chat bore the name and the age of the little one, ~ CHAPTER XL WHGR Fe. Creacetora = fhurses home early in the afternoon she told the Major, whom she found pacing up and down the long porch, that Pen- niugton Was up and walking about the house. She told him, also, that he was resolved upon taking Loulse to Ala- bama, and added that she herself would oppose this determination up to the very moment of departure, The Major grunted. “What right have you to do that?’ he asked. Why should you meddle with the affairs of 4 man that Is seeking to make a lly- ing for his wife?” “John, you are laughing at me and |! know It Here Istely you make light of everything I say." | The season was changing, he felt its |Influence, and he shook with good | humor as‘he walked. “Jolin, you are laughing at me and I know It. Here lately you make light of everything I say.” ‘The season was changing, he felt its influence, and he shook with good hu- mor as he walked, “John, you are sq tickled that you can’t answor me.” “Why, I could answer you very eas!- ly if T only knew what you want me to say.” ‘This broke her whimsical resent- ment of his droll playfulness; she laughed with him, and taking his arm, waiked up and down the porch. ‘They talked of many things—of Louise's per- sistent stubborness, and of a growing change In the conduct of 'Tom—his ab- straction and his gentleness. He had left uncut the leaves of a sporting re- view, had taken to romances, and in is room had found, sprawled on fool- cap, an ilrbymed screed in raptur- § praise of soulful eyes and flaxen ir, Mrs, Cranceford knew that he ust be in love; so did the Major, but + could not conjecture the object of »fervid a passion, Bat his wife had ttled upon the object and was wor- ried, though of her distress she had not spoken to Tom, so recent had been the discovery of the tell-tale blowch of ink, But she would as soon es an opportunity offered. “It will soon pass,” said the Major. “I don't think he interds to marry her.” “Marry her!” his wife exclatmed, “4 would rather see him dead than mar. ried Into a family of waite trash. She may be a most am{able young person and all that, but he shan't marry her. It would break my heart, and I vow she shall never come here, Why, sho came from the pine woods and is cracker.” “But the cracker may have @ most gallant and well-born origin, my dear," |the Major replied. “The victim of a |king’s displeasure 1s not Insignificant; |he must have been a force,’ Herp ene NAM eae PEEP GEARS E NS AB, Pennines ain. TaN asa Se then eS e etaae er VOM ieee so AAR yy gait JIM LOOKED ACROSS THE FTELDS “What! Do you approve of 1t?” she demanded, pulling away from him, “It it possible that you would not oppose his marriage into such @ family as hors muct be?” 4 “Lt dbn't think, my dear, that her father was in the penitentiary.” “John, that 1s unworthy of you. I was grieved at Loutse’s marriage, and you know it.” (To be continued), ee | ON THE WRONG TRAIL, ‘Tom—"My tatlor called with bis Mt- tle bill yesterday.” Jack-—"I know how that 4s, old ‘man. You bave my ysmpathy.” Tom—"Oh, don't waste your sym- pathy on me, Sympathive with the tallar,” : Ion't Ht funny how a fellow minses his pocket knife when he loses it?— Washington, Ia,, Democrat. | DEAL IN. BOGUS ANTIQUES Wealthy Americans Fall Easy Victims to the Scheme The Coins for Uncle Sam’s New Possessions Gr Pt i i [oe (yy? Se Sy a) aN OM \ CRAs ey PAC GE: 1 NCS Ff var Re wh : ANE 2 3 ffi? ae ee Heke 3» Rae we em Told in Figures In the stately home of many a mult- millionatra there. are costly antiques for which thare have been paid fab- ulous sums. If the truth were known It would show that they were manu- {factured by clever Parisian artisans [who grow prosperous on the desire of the rich for curtos. | How cleverly these artisans work 'may be illustrated by one incident. An “antiquary sent one of them a block of |marble with inetructions to imitate an “object which he sent along, ‘The ar- |tisan made the imitation and made ft ‘look more genuine than the original. | As a joke he sent the Imitation to the antiquary as the original. After- wards he carried back the original as the imitation, The antiquary looked at ‘the original and declared: | “It’s a bit faulty. To be frank, it’s |@ botched job. I hardly care to take tt” 4 ‘The artisan looked at him and said: | “Why, its the piece you gave me to copy.” | And the antiquary became furious. As soon as he could recover his com- posure he informed the artisan that, of course, he had known it all the time |and that he had permitted the decep- [tion to be carried on simply to see |how far the artisan “would go with | his tmpndence.” This same artisan showed plainly what craft is employed to manufac- ture these imitations. He explained thus: f | “With wood you can do what you please, You can make it worm eat- en and put dry rot into the carved parts. A chisel cannot work on dry tot. ‘This defect can be used as a cer tifteate of authentietty. One of my friends bought a baliut, He paid three experts to examine it and they certified it to be genuine, Some time ‘after he had it taken down to shift it | to another room, In moving it a panel | got broken and he sent it to a Pieard to be repaired. ‘Goodness me!’ cried | Picara, ‘It {6 the babat that 1 made a few years ago.’ The cabinetmakers who work for artiquaries now use the oak which has been employed in the beams and rafters of old houses. For tunes have been made by knowing |people who bought old tumble down \houses in Orleans and other provin- | cis. tows. ‘Phey sold the rotten wood jto manufacturers of ancient furn! |ture for more than the house cost, and |had the ground for nothing. I have an lother acquaintance who manufactures |timepieces for an antiquary at th | price of $15,000 apiece. | "and for what does the dealer sel them? He alone could say. Such | things are counted invaluable. The \antiquaries sell them to dealers, whe self them to Park lane millionaires and Americans. There are now onl; these two classes of purchasers. Her |and there a French millionaire springs up and Wants to distinguish himsel a8 @ collector, One should leave to ali a their {llusions. The forged thing fs as good as the genuine. Not lon: The United States Mint at Philadel- phia has just turned out a new lot of eoing for the Philippines, some of waich Rave reached St. Louts. ‘The coins range in value from half ‘a cont to $1, or peso. ‘The balf centa vo, or half cent, and the eentavo arc copper, and the éen centavo, twenty centavo, fifty centavo amd peso are silver, ‘The five centavo is nickel, With the exception of the two lower | ‘There are 227 lead pencil factories in Germany, which employ 2,813 per sons and export each year 1,614 tons -}of penetla, worth $2,000,000, "| Mr, Carneste’s gifts to countries other than the United States are re: | corded to the afonnt of $5,861,350, {making Mr. Carnegics (otal gift to Ubranes $44,966,050; ‘ago I took two pieces of furniture that one collector prides rimself on pos teasing for genuine things, until I be came acquainted with the man who made them. Marble is the material that least betrays the present day workman. I am now making @ marble fountain which will look like the prod- ‘uct of a far back time. I give It pat ine by burning damp straw under it; ‘and then I knock off the nose, or a finger, or leaves of @ wreath. It is a rent trial to artiste workmen to be obliged to mutilate their work in this way. We feol awfully disgusted when we have disfigured a statuette, But we can make three times more money in working for antiquaries than for moderns, “Sometimes our profits are enor mous; we have to be conscientious and so attentive to details, The an- tiquaries can ask any prices they like, ‘Their customers want antique things to give the illusion of having ances- tors who flourished in far back cen- turies, A présent craze 1s for tenth, eleventh, twelfth and thirteenth cen- ‘tury marbles. They, are ugly, but they help to throw the dust in the eyes of South African gold kings settled in Paris and American heiresses, The owner of the Chauteau de Rochefort goes in for such things. He pald dear to secure for his chateau marbles that I dare say are genuine, but so mferior in workmanship and conception that I would not stoop to pick them out of the mud, If by doing so T could have them for nothing, | “Hondons are now the rage, and [have been for some time. Think of |the prices to which they ran up those [spurious graces on the timepiece bought by a Frankforter at the double jsale. The most enviable Houdon is now ‘Le Balser,’ Coples of it are sold everywhere by Italian boys. The orig inal at this momert in Paris is worth |$90.000. Well, there are seven or olght ‘originals’ lying by quietly to be brought ont in due time.” ‘The dealer who knows his business [never parades his antiques in the |tront shop, He keeps them in the back mixed’ up with rubbish, ‘The amateur, |after a hunt among things conspicue ously displayed goesinto the back shop to hunt, When he “discovers” the treasure he will bring it out. Then ‘the dealer pretends that he had not [Pala enasteantanvea particular object and that he will have to as |eertain its value before he can part with it, | By ths time the collector's desire for possession is on edge and he will purchase bis “ind” at almost any | price. | Amateurs sometimes as a favor are | permitted to go through the living |rooms of an antiquary. On every, Joceasion they will make a “find.” One |denler made a mint of money out of |the reraissance bed he slept on. Ho |gave the collectors a chance to “dis- cover” it, Because’ he was using it they thought the had not recognized | ts value. coins, they could all be easily recog- nized by thelr resemblance to the | United States money, | The converse side of the coins are '}the same—an eagle and a shield. The | reverse sides of the four higher coins are the same, and the reverse sides of jthe three lower coins are alike. | The publte printing at Washington ‘| costs $6,000,000 a year. Figures | pene ane '| Florida's orange and pinoapplie “|i estimated at $2,500,000, : oo | At present there-are about 75 firms Jengaged in gem cutting In the United s)ptates, witn not far from. $5,000,000 | capital inyested, There are probably s;about 709 skilled lapidaries at work, ea ‘an average of $1,000 aplece a year. ree fit oo Aa ia ge Da as ‘ean RUFUS L. LOGAN, B. S. D. - EDITOR TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. One Year in Advance - - - $1.00 Six Months in Advance - - .75 Three Months in Advance - - .50 Single Copies - - - .05 Advertising Rates on Application. Job Work of all Kinds Solicited. Published Every Friday. Entered at the postoffice at Colum- umbia, Mo., as second class matter. Jan. 15, 1902. Agents wanted in every town in the state. Payments may be made in two cent stamps, by postal note, money order, by registered letter or express order. Correspondence containing news of interest and importance is desired from all parts of the United States. Communications should be made to reach us not later than Thursday morning, to insure insertion in the current issue. No attention will be paid to anonymous communications. Agents wanted everywhere. Write for terms. Specimen copies sent to any address upon request. PRESS OF THE MISSOURI STATESMAN Wooden Anniversary. Mr. and Mrs. David Robnett celebrated their wooden wedding on Aug. 3rd. Quite a number of persons from Columbia as well as from the surrounding vicinity participated in the festivities of the occasion. The lawn of their beautiful home was illuminated with Japanese lanterns, which presented a spectacular appearance. The evening was largely spent in social enjoyment which was appreciated by all present. When the evening began to grow old all guests were invited to the dining room, where a sumptuous supper was found, which spoke well for Mrs. Robnett as a housewife. The affair was enjoyed by all present and it was a common expression from the lips of those present, "We wish they would have it over again tomorrow. The following is a list of presents given by their many friends, who wish for them many more happy years of married life: LIST OF PRESENTS. Mrs. Kitty Bradford, work basket; Mrs. Chas. Yancey, Jr., stand table; Mr. and Mrs. Lampkins, stand table; Mrs. Henry Bradford, easel, waiter and brush; Mrs. James Robnett, butter spoon and paddle; Mr. and Mrs. Huggar, butter moulder; Columbus Robnett and daughter, waiter and brush; Mrs. Ed Turner, potato chipper; Miss Ollie Bass, Roling pin; Mr. Robert Bass, Jr., coffee mill; Mrs. Geo. Fairs, Tray; Prof. R. L. Logan, chopping knife and tray; J. E. Perry and J. W. Boone, rocker; Mrs. Hester Yancey, roeker; Mrs. Henderson and Mrs. Dixson, wooden trays; Mrs. Williams and Mrs. Wm. Douglass, hat rack. In Boston they are quoting a bon mot of Senator Lodge, when asked to define the present interpretation of the Monroe doctrine. "The Monroe doctrine? Well, so long as our Secretary of State is named Hay, our foreign policy will be "Keep off the grass." The boodlers wish there was some way by which they might put a few of the newly discovered germs of laziness into Circuit Attorney Folk's office. No Bids Accepted. City council met Monday evening to open bids for supplying the city with water from deep wells and the lighting of the streets for the next 10 years. Only one proposition for water had been filed,—(that of the Nifong Mfg. Co.), and two lighting bids were on file, one by the Welsbach Company of Chicago, who propose gas, and The Nifong Company, who want to light with electricity. The propositions were deemed too high, and after some speech making, the consulting engineer was asked to draw up plans and estimate the cost of the city supplying its own light and water, which is to be submitted to the people for a vote as soon as practicable. THE POSTOFFICE SITE. Government Finally Settled on the Stewart Lot for Columbia Federal Building. Concerning the long and spirited contest over the government's choice of a site for our new postoffice, a special from Washington, D. C., on August. 1 says: "The treasury department to-day finally accepted the site for the new government building at Columbia, Mo. It is located at Seventh street and Broadway, is 120x142 feet, and will be purchased from John A. Stewart for $4950. The action of the department to-day closes one of the most spirited controversies the department has had to deal with since the passage of the last omnibus public building bill. The site was first chosen from a number offered by Charles L. Blanton, now in the employ of the supervising architect's office, and a native Missouri. After he made his report and it became known that he had selected the Stewart site, protests were filed. Charges were made against Blanton, and members of congress and the Missouri senators were drawn into the controversy. Later Col. Low, one of the oldest and most experienced of the inspection force, was sent to Columbia and he approved the selection made by Blanton. The opponent's of the Stewart site, did not relax their efforts against its selection until about ten days ago." Robinson's Big Show Pleased Large Audiences. John Robinson's Show was greeted by two large audiences at the 3d street grounds on Saturday, and we haven't heard of a single person going away dissatisfied. Everything was there that was advertised, from the daring loop the loop act to the smallest stunt. "Solomon and the Queen of Sheba," although the third time it has been given here, again pleased, the work of the ballet girls calling for especial commendation. The trained seals called forth signs of surprise and approval. There were many clever acts in the three rings, the one which seemed to make the greatest hit being that of the man and two young women on the wire. Their act can be classed under the head of wonderful. Everything in the show was up to the highest standard.—Franklin Daily News, May 18. The Big Show will exhibit here on Wednesday, August 19, '08. WHY OUR ROADS GET BAD. The wonder is not that our public roads get bad, but rather that they are even passable, says the Bunceton Eagle. Some day we may come to realize that the roads will not work themselves. Nor is this all. There must be a change in the system—or rather, there must be a system. There are several changes that should be made, and the sooner they are made the better. The road overseer ought to have nothing to do but work the roads. He cannot cultivate a crop, run a threshing machine, clover huller and saw mill, as one "road boss" is said to be trying to do, and look after the road as he should. The custom of working out the poll tax should be abolished. Compel every man to pay cash. Let the overseer own his own teams. Then he will not have to break in a new team every day. Use the pick and shovel and the old-fashioned scraper in opening up the ditches, instead of relying entirely on the grader, which in many instances has been a positive detriment to the roads. Every overseer should own a drag and use it, especially just after rains. No money should be paid for road working until the work has actually been done and a certificate to that effect furnished the overseer. Finally, much depends on the overseer himself. He should be an industrious man with plenty of common sense and some knowledge of how to make a good road. He should never be appointed "just because he needs the job" or for political reasons. It is said that food was refused a man at the Helping Hand institute who had not eaten for two days, because he was too weak to saw wood for it. The institute should be willing always to give a Helping "handout." John Robinson's 10 Big SHOWS Combined 40 CAMELS HARNESSED AND DRIVEN IN ONE TEAM PRESENTING THE IDEAL SHOW OF THE WHOLE WORLD. 300 Prodigious and Phenominal Performers Whose Incredible, Unexpected, Mysterious, Breathless, Inexpressible, Strange Wierd, Curious Surprising and Sensational Exploits on the Ground, in the Air and with NEW INGENIOUS APPARATUS Bewilders, Amazes, Confounds, Astounds, Interests and Instructs, HEADED BY EPHISTORY the Age, in his Sensational Path-Defying Unparalelled the Loop in an Aut dedent and for the First T in America. PHISTO e, in his Sensational Awe-Inspir- fying Unparalelled Act of loop in an Automobile and for the First Time Presented in America. 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